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Community Management of Endemic Scabies in Remote Aboriginal Communities of Northern Australia: Low Treatment Uptake and High Ongoing Acquisition
BACKGROUND: Scabies and skin infections are endemic in many Australian Aboriginal communities. There is limited evidence for effective models of scabies treatment in high prevalence settings. We aimed to assess the level of treatment uptake amongst clinically diagnosed scabies cases and amongst thei...
Autores principales: | La Vincente, Sophie, Kearns, Therese, Connors, Christine, Cameron, Scott, Carapetis, Jonathan, Andrews, Ross |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680947/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19478832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000444 |
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